What fun to be asked to do this radio interview with CRY 104 FM in County Cork while I plugged a murder mystery I'd written and set in Youghal, Ireland. Murder On The Rocks! is the first of what has eventually turned into a 3-part series, entitled: A Felly van Vliet series, named after its protagonist. Airtime with this County Cork DJ - Stan Notte - ended up with him not only asking about why I'd based this first work in the sleepy little Irish harbour town of Youghal, but also a bit about the writing process and my background as well.Have a listen to this live broadcast. As the Irish say, it was great craic!

We are humans for humanity - building bridges,
not walls Kudos
to every man, woman and child who organised, promoted and took part in this
past Saturday's remarkable event

Though I had
to work in another part of the country of the Netherlands during 21 January's
Women's (and men's) March on Washington, I was happy to have had a small hand
in laying the groundwork for our Dutch protest that I hear ended up having
around 3000 plus protesters marching in Amsterdam Saturday. WOW! These numbers
may not seem like much to the rest of the world, but for our small country I
found it nothing less than fantastic. Thanks to the
wonderfully tireless preparations of organiser Petra Benach and her small crew,
I too was able to contribute beforehand by passing out flyers and talking to
others about the event in hopes of raising awareness as to why it’s been so
important to hold a march here in the Netherlands as well. With others I
discussed why it wasn't just a national but global p…